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Festival overview

While the China Music Valley International Music Festival (could we get a few more ‘musics’ in there please? Thanks!) kicks off on Friday 18, the interesting stuff doesn’t arrive until Saturday 19, when headliners The Jesus and Mary Chain will be joined not only by School of Seven Bells, but also by superb post-punk outfit White Lies – you’ve heard ‘To Lose My Life’, we’re sure.

There’ll also be chipper vibes courtesy of UK popette Pixie Lott, whose soulful electro-pop sounds should be a pleasant sorbet between the heavy stuff. Schedules are tbc but we’d expect her to come earlier in the day. The event wraps up on Sunday 20 with headliner Joss Stone, whose 2004 hit ‘You Had Me’ rocketed her to stardom. As well as Friendly Fires, this day will also feature Glasvegas, the Scotland-born indie rock outfit who were one of the breakout hits of 2008.

Also appearing are Finnish ‘folktronica’ band Husky Rescue, whose brand of adult-oriented pop music has taken them all around Europe. It’s a pretty astounding line-up – let’s just hope that the organisers get on top of the problems that plagued last year’s festival: poor acoustics, overpriced food, an alcohol ban and terrifyingly omnipresent security forces (then again, we guess military police like a dance too).

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